Playing hard to get: Metaphor and representation in the discourse of car advertisements

Language and Literature

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-272

  Thornborrow, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertising; Body; Car; Discourse; Meaning; Metaphor; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038874581     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096394709800700305     Document Type: Article

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